| News Tipoffs - Nevada Editors Newsletter for Thursday May 30, 2024 ( 5 items ) |
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ILL. A.G. RAOUL CALLS FOR DOJ INVESTIGATION INTO MURDER OF GARRETT FOSTER FOLLOWING TEXAS PARDON
CHICAGO, Illinois, May 29 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release:
Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 14 attorneys general, today urged the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to open a civil rights investigation into the July 2020 murder of Garrett Foster, who was shot and killed by Daniel Perry in Austin, Texas when protesting racial injustice.
A jury found Perry guilty of murder in April 2023, but earlier this month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbot
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ILL. A.G. RAOUL FILES BRIEF DEFENDING VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES IN CHALLENGE TO OHIO LAW
CHICAGO, Illinois, May 29 (TNSres) -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release:
Attorney General Kwame Raoul today, as part of a coalition of seven attorneys general, filed an amicus brief supporting Ohio voters challenging a state law that makes it a crime to help others return absentee and mail-in ballots in most situations. The law makes it a felony to return or possess another voter's absentee or mail-in ballot, with narrow exceptions for postal workers or cer
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Md. A.G. Brown Joins Coalition Opposing Law That Disenfranchises Voters With Disabilities
BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 30 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 29, 2024:
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a coalition of seven attorneys general in filing a brief in League of Women Voters of Ohio v. LaRose opposing an Ohio law that makes it a crime to help others return absentee ballots in most situations. The law makes it a felony to return or possess another voter's absentee ballot unless the person doing so is a postal worker o
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N.Y. A.G. James and Coalition of 13 AGs Call for DOJ Investigation Into Murder of Garrett Foster Following Texas Pardon
NEW YORK, May 29 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release:
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 13 attorneys general today urged the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to open a civil rights investigation into the July 2020 murder of Garrett Foster, who was protesting racial injustice when he was shot and killed by Daniel Perry in Austin, Texas. A jury found Mr. Perry guilty of murder in April 2023, but earlier this month, Texas Governor G
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White House Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Takes Action to Expand Access to Capital for Small- and Medium-Sized Climate Businesses
WASHINGTON, May 30 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following news release:
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Biden-Harris Administration Takes Action to Expand Access to Capital for Small- and Medium-Sized Climate Businesses
Through President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. is making the largest public investment in climate action in history. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, the largest-ever investment in climate action, introduced and expanded grants, loans, tax incen
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